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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Jacqueline's review of Mister Tidwell Gunner by L. Ron Hubbard

Reviewed by --
Jacqueline Driggers

Book Review of --

Mister Tidwell Gunner
by L. Ron Hubbard

Overall star rating
--- 3

About the book:

Imagine a young
Laurence Olivier cast as a scholarly Oxford professor—an academic snatched out
of his bookish world and pressed into service aboard Lord Nelson’s legendary
British fleet—in the position of schoolmaster. Such is the life of the
land-loving, seafaring Mister Tidwell, Gunner.

Thrust into service at
the height of the Napoleonic Wars, Tidwell soon finds himself directly in the
line of fire and way out of his depth. Fate has cast him into a terrible and
terrifying spot—alone on deck to face the fearsome approach of a French man-o’-war.

The professor is about
to get an object lesson in war, self-reliance . . . and survival. Overwhelmed
by the smell of gunpowder, the sound of cannons, and the sight of death, he
will either experience the sweet taste of victory . . . or the bitter taste of
his own blood.

Book creation ratings:

* Max. total of 30
possible *

Overall total, out of
30 -- 27

-- Story &
characters -- 10

-- Cover & title
-- 8

-- Editing &
formatting -- 9

* based on a 1-10
scale with: 1-4, poor; 5-7, good; 8-10,
very good.*

The review --

This book actually has
3 short stories in it, the book title being one of the stories. They all deal
with ships and the sea, back in the old days of vessels with sails; and all are
very well written. I think that the title story is my favorite among them all.
A quick, fun read for those who love stories about the old sailing ships. The
book also includes a very good biography of the author, including some great
pictures.

Reader Recommendations

Genre -- old sailing
ship tales

Age recommendations --
15 and up

Sex content rating --
none

Violence rating --
quite a bit, as these are sailing ships in the throes of battle.